Is it possible to get the lighting and background to allow shooting the hydrant centered in front of the red valves(?). Should be compressed by using a long lens from some distance to gain the needed DoF.
Jack --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hydrant revisited > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 10:22 AM > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:12:53PM +1100, Brian Walters > wrote: > # Hi Larry > # > # On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:13:13 -0800, "Larry > Colen" <[email protected]> > # said: > # > # > > # > Either of these will show the pictures, depending on > your viewing > # > preferences: > # > > # > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614295376847/ > # > or > # > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614295376847/ > # > > # > # > # I'm not sure you've quite nailed this set yet. > There's certainly > > I'm certain I haven't. > > # potential with those bright colours. > > I look at it as both the potential for a decent photo, and > the chance > to learn. Sometimes there is one obvious shot of a subject, > and > getting a decent shot of it is straight forward. But this > is a > situation, where there is obvious potential, but how to > make the best > of it is far less than obvious. Combine that with the fact > that > everyone's taste differs, and the feedback that I'm > getting is very > educational. > > # Of these I think IMGP1521 works best > > I'd also like to know why you think it works. I kind of > like the way > the various elements keep drawing the eye in a circle, the > trees take > you away to the right, the red down and the curb back. When > the sun > and the flowers come out, I think that there will also be > some nice > pink and green to offset the red and yellow. > > # but it's spoiled by the tree trunk directly behind > the hydrant. > > Good point. I don't remember what I was trying for > then. A lot of the > shots yesterday were, admittedly, taken by putting the > camera next to > the ground and aiming in the general direction. I knew I > wanted a low > angle, but the ground was wet, so for these test shots I > took the lazy > way out and made use of autofocus and the fact that digital > frames > don't cost me anything to shoot. > > # Perhaps a shooting position a bit further to the right > would separate > # the trunk and the hydrant and also make the hydrant less > centred (which > # might bring better balance to the composition). The > closer shots > # (1520/1515) don't work for me - there are two > distinct points of > > Interesting point, and looking at them again, they > don't exactly > balance each other. > > # interest. I think a shooting position that made the > hydrant and the > # valves closer together would be preferable. > > I'll keep that in mind. Thanks a bunch for the > feedback. > > # > # > # > # Cheers > # > # Brian > # > # ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > # Brian Walters > # Western Sydney Australia > # http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > # -- > # > # > # -- > # http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. > # > # > # -- > # PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > # [email protected] > # http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > # to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > Photographs are like sentences, the best ones have both > subjects and verbs. > Larry Colen [email protected] > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
